Laundry-tag carrier



Dec. 25,1923. 1,478,825

- A. F. HANNEY l LAUNDRY TAG CARRIER Original Filed Aug. 2, 1920 Wim asses /mfen v01? www Jngus FJZanne .fris '.frofney Patented ec. 25, 1923.

iran sra'lEsPATENT OFFICE.

/ANGUS F. HANNEY, DE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO EUREKA. ROUGI DRY PIN Y SYSTEM CO.. OF GBCAGO, ILLINOIS.

LAUNDRY-TAG CARRIER.

original application iiled August a, le20, serial No. acceso. Divided andinia application ined september s, 1921. serial Na. 498,371. v

To all ful/iam 'it may concern.'

Be it known that l, ANGUs F. HANNEY, a .citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements in liaundry-'lag Carriers, of which the following isa specification. c.

My invention relates to new and'useful improvements in laundry tag carriers, and has ,for its object the provisionof means for carrying a group oflaundry tags and for releasing said tags from articles to which they are attached.

f Other objects will appear hereinafter.

lThis case is a division of applicants prior application, Serial No. 400,850, filed August 2, 1920, which' relates particularly to the form of' laundry tag with which my tag carrier is especially adapted to co-operate.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts khereinafter described andclaimed; y j n The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofythis specification, and ln which, v c f Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved tag carrier illustrating the laundry `tag in position thereon, `both before and afteryremoval from Lthe laundered article,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section of the tag shown in position of attachment to an article,and

Fig. 3 is a similar sectional view showing the tag in position of detachment from the article. i

The particular form of laundry tag for which my carrier is especially adapted, which tag forms the subject matter of the parent case above referred to, comprises a hollow flat metallic body or casing 4 having a lip 5 projecting upwardly from the top thereof, said lip being adapted and arranged to receive an identifying number or mark stamped therein. A pointed member 6 is secured in the casing 4 in position to project downwardly from one side thereof. Cooperating with the pointed member 6 is a locking lever 7 pivoted at 8 at the lower side of the tag and carrying a cuff or ring 9 at its free end adapted to lit over the pointed member 6, as shown in Fig. 2, to hold said tag in engagement with the article to be laun- Renewea october. 31', 192e.

dered, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. The lever 7 is provided withva lug or projection 10 adapted to engage in a y notch 11 in a spring held detent 12 pivoted at 13 in the casing 4. The casing 4 is provided with a transverse slot 14, and one end l of the detent 12 traverses the lower endl of said slot, as shown in Figs. 2 and 8.

My improved carrier bar 15 to carry the above described 'tags' and to actuate said tags to release the articles carried thereby, and is arranged to pass through the slots 14 of the laundry tags, said bar being provided at its inner *or` supporting end with is provided lug 17 which prevents the accidental removal of the tags from the bar. The outer end of the bar 15 is somewhat narrower than the inner end, a cam surface 18 being provided on the lower edge of the carrier bar at the junction of the narrower and broader portions of said bar, the junction of the two portions thus providing means to actuate the tags to release the articleswhile the tags are slid along the bar.k A removable transverse stop, in the form of a rod or pin 19, is arranged in the bar and rests loosely in a transverse opening therein immediately above the cam surface 18. f'

In use, the carrier bar 15 is removably supported' within a suitable bracket or support. The laundry tags, havinglaundered articles attached thereto, from which it is desired to remove the same, are then placed in position on the outer'end 17 of the bar 15 by passing the slots 14 of the tags over` the outer end of the bar. When the desired number of tags have thus been placed in position on the bar, andi this number will usually be the number of tags attached to articles for a particular customer of the laundry, and the tags have been properly checked to show that all the articles belonging to that customerl are present, the pin 19 is removed from the bar 15 and the tags pushed in a body inwardly onto the larger inner end of the bar, thus causing the cam surface 18V to engage the detents 12 of the different laundry tags and to release the locking lever 7 of said tags and permit the laundered articles to fall by gravity from -rying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without 'departing from the spirit of the invention.

I, therefore, do not wish to be limi-tedv to the precise Ydetails of the construction set forth, but desireto avail myself of vsuch variations and'modilications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is':-

'1. In combination with a laundry tag provided with means 'for carrying-articles, a carrier bar having two portions varying in size, one of said portions beingv con. structed toy receive said tags whilev carrying articles, andthe other to retainthe tags in a group, and means on said barat thejunction of said portions to actuate the means of said tags and release the carried articles.

2. In'` combination with a laundry tag provided with means for carrying articles, of a carrierbar having one portion narrower VthanV 'theVV other for receiving tags thereon, a cam surface on said'bar at thejunction of saidy portions for actuating the means kon said tags to release articles carried thereby, 'and' a pin removably mounted onsaid'bar adjacent said cam surface to retain said tags on either portion of saidbar.

8. InV combination with a laundry tag provided with means for carrying articles, a carrierbar comprising a narrow yportion for supporting said tags, a 4wide portion for receiving tags from said narrow portion and hold-ing the tags together, theV junction ofv-said portions being constructed 'for actuating said means on said tags to release -at tached arti'les fand means for supporting the-bar for convenient detachment.

' f4. lIn combination with a laundry Ltag providedV with mea-ns'for carryingarticles, a

procedureV carrier'bar comprising a Anarrow portion for supporting tags attached to articles, a wide portion connected to said narrow portion Vand Vreceiving tags therefrom, meansfor actuatingthe means on said tags, to release said attached articles, means at the free end yof said narrow portion for retaining said tags, and a supporting lug at the free end of saidV broad portion forsupporting said bar.V

5. In combination with a laundry tag provided wit-li releasabile means for carrying articles,a carrier bar comprising a narrow and abroad portion, said narrow portion being adapted toreceive laundry tags carryingarticles, acani surface at the junction 'of said narrowand broad portions for actuating the-means-on said laundry tags to .release said articles, while the tags are moved from the narrow to the broadyportion1 meanson said bar for supporting same,

and a retaining member removablymounted in said bar ad]acent said cam for retaining said tags on either saidV narrow orfbroad portion.

6. In combination with a laundry tag l provided with releasable means forfcarrying articles, a carrier bar for receiving laundry tags carrying articles, having two `portions varying in cross sections, one portionrbeing adapted lto receive the tags `with thefarticles,

land-"the Vother to retain the released tags,

and means on saidY bar at'theljiunctionof said portions to actuate -said 'releasable means on said tags=and release said articles therefrom. Y

7 .In combination with a *laundry Vtag provided with releasable means for carrying articles,a carrier barl` for supporting laundry tags, a cam on said barlforreleasinglsaid means on said tags while moved; overisaid bar, and a lug at lone-end ofy said." bar 'for amounting the bar on a support *for `con- A venient dismounting thereof.

In testimony whereof I haveesigned my name. to thisspecificationin the presence :of Vtwo subscribinfrfwitnesses.

NeUs r. HANNEY.

Witnesses FREDAl C. f'Arrm'ron.

JOSHUA RJH. Po'r'rs, 

